Greenbelt Conservancy elects new board members

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The Greenbelt Conservancy recently elected four new board members to its 19-member volunteer board of directors.

James Devine is president and CEO of Global Container Terminals USA and is responsible for the operation of New York Container Terminal in Mariners Harbor. He is chairman of the Noble Maritime Museum; a board member of the board of South Street Seaport Museum and a director of Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America.

Monique Kusick is a project director for the New York Academy of Medicine in Harlem. She is a longtime volunteer Scout leader who has led hikes along the Greenbelt trail system. She has also participated in many high adventure Scout treks in New Mexico, Florida and the Appalachian Trail.

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Deborah Popper teaches geography at the College of Staten Island and Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). She also teaches as a visiting professor at Princeton University's Environmental Institute. Dr. Popper is director of CUNY's Macaulay Honors College at the College of Staten Island.

Mark Vogt is a property and financial manager for Morgan Stanley Realty. He is also a consulting meteorologist who has worked as a forensic meteorologist to recreate past weather situations for trial presentations and private industry.

The Greenbelt Conservancy's mission is to promote, sustain and enhance Staten Island's 2,800-acre Greenbelt through education, recreation, conservation and research. The conservancy works in partnership with New York City Parks.